15593.. Adulteration of frozen dressed turkeys.   U. S. v. 43 Crates   *    *    *.
(F. D. C. No. 26967.   Sample No. 8627-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 5,1949, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about December 3,1948, by F. K. Floden & Co., from 
East Modesto, Calif.
PRODUCT: 43 crates each containing 6 frozen dressed turkeys at New York, 
N. Y. Analysis showed that the flesh some of the turkeys was permeated 
with a substance giving off an obnoxious urine-like odor.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article was decom- 
posed or otherwise unfit for food.
DISPOSITION : July 13, 1949. William M. Stewart, New York, N. Y., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond for 
the purpose of eviscerating each turkey, under the supervision of the Federal 
Security Agency. Upon the release of the turkeys, they were eviscerated and 
examined, and those found unfit for human consumption were segregated. A 
total of 15 turkeys were found unfit and were destroyed.